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According to reports in Spain, the 2016 McLaren-Honda will be boosted by 223 extra horsepower this season after the Japanese engine manufacturers found a breakthrough solution to their 2015-long ERS flaw.

According to Spanish publication As, 'the new Honda will have 223 horsepower more than that of 2015. Last year the combustion engine had about 70 horsepower less than that of Mercedes and also had to make up 163 horsepower from the energy recovery system (ERS) which could barely be released, unlike the other cars, on the straights for 33 seconds per lap.

'In Sakura, the Honda factory in Japan, they have been working 24-hour shifts – and didn’t take Christmas holidays - to solve the problem and, in summarized and basic terms, they have increased turbo by sacrificing other parts of the power unit that have minimal impact and by relocating the ERS cooling system.'

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